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The Pitch by Gimlet Media

Real entrepreneurs pitch to real investors—for real money

The Pitch is a podcast that takes you behind closed doors to the critical moment when aspiring entrepreneurs put it all on the line. Each episode delivers on the high-stakes promise of a live pitch without shying away from the nitty gritty details of what happens after everyone shakes hands and walks out of the room.

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Jamie McIntyre

I picked up The Pitch pre-gimlet and have enjoyed it from day one. It only keeps improving. This is one of my top goto podcasts when stuck in traffic. Entertaining and I tend to learn something in each episode on how either investors or entrepreneurs think and react.

Pros:

Real pitches to real investors with behind the scenes (anxiety!) and follow ups. Short form. Very polished.

Cons:

Investors can sometimes get on a tangent and miss the mark - but hey - that's the real pitch!

Mike Slagh
Can honestly say that @runvc intro to @joshmuccio changed my life. Happy to chat about Shift’s experience with any founders considering going on the show 😌🙏
Jake Chapman
@joshmuccio @mslagh So happy to be a small part of what you are doing Mike. You're making the world a better place for all of us!
mcfly
Would love to hear it on google podcast too. Great job by the way, will try to listen some today.
Josh Muccio
mcfly
@joshmuccio oh great will subscribe to listen while jogging !
Dmitry Kaigorodov
Folks, love it. Please add soundcloud. Spotify doesn't work in my country
Josh Muccio
Cody Candee
I went on The Pitch this season and absolutely loved it. The investors are top notch and the episodes are very engaging (hopefully ours will be as well - it's coming out soon). Highly recommend for entrepreneurs and for listeners. Super grateful to Josh & team for putting together such an awesome thing.
Josh Muccio
@cody_candee thanks Cody 🍬!! your episode will drop a week from today actually 🚀
David Emanuel Sarabia

Having been one of the entrepreneurs to be featured on their podcast "Can Tech Solve America’s Drug Crisis? (#37, inRecovery)", I can tell you the incredible experience this was.

I was introduced to Josh Muccio through my accelerator, Startup Health. From the very first conversation, Josh was so energetic and positive and fun. His passion for his podcast (which he started before Gimlet acquired him) was really inspiring. As an entrepreneur himself he really understands what his featured startups are going through. So he does an excellent job at curating great entrepreneurs to come and pitch on their startup.

I flew up to SF for the recording in February 2018, met them at a super cool studio and it was on. The investors started rolling in one by one and you start getting a little nervous as it starts hitting you that it's game time.

The recording process was actually extremely fun. All the investors are highly respected in the tech space - you don't get this type of face-to-face with this caliber of investors every day.

All super friendly, having their cup of coffee and ready and excited to talk to you. Even Michael Hyatt, who is characterized as the hard ass on the show, is actually SUPER nice and an amazing human being.

We recorded for about an hour, the dialogue was much like what you'd have in an actual conference room with a VC firm. This is what's so unique about The Pitch, it's real. Very real. This is the closest you'll get to being a co-founder and sitting behind closed doors at a VC's office. Such a unique and rare experience - so if you're an entrepreneur, or thinking about starting a business, or just love startup stories, definitely recommend The Pitch.

I'm very honored that Josh had me on the show and very thankful for the experience. You guys have a life long listener. I learn something new every time I listen. Keep it up!

Pros:

The closest you'll get to being a co-founder :) The format very much how it's like behind closed doors in a real life pitch with VCs.

Cons:

Unfortunately, only an edited version released. I'd love to listen to the "uncut" series, as there's so much more to every pitch.

David Emanuel Sarabia
@joshmuccio So proud of you for your podcast. You and the team out there rock! It was such an honor being able to pitch to @ManusJillian, @nicoleverkindt, @mhyattspeaker, and @chudson for inRecovery.org. Really awesome experience and sooooo fun!! I'd love to listen to an "uncut" series of the show. There's sooo much more to every pitch, from my own experience, that doesn't make it to the final edit. I think it could be really cool and the hardcore tech nerds, like myself, and fans would totally love it. You guys are amazing and so very proud of you and all you've achieved and continue to achieve. Keep it up!!
Josh Muccio
@manusjillian @nicoleverkindt @mhyattspeaker @chudson @dsarabia hey David! Thank you so much for your support 🙏 You're not the only one to request an uncut version of the show. In fact, we used to have The Pitch Insider which allowed people to pay 5 or 10 bucks a month for the uncut versions. But it didn't survive the move to Gimlet Media 😼